Bernie Sanders does not pull punches for an old guy, he discusses freedom of speech and the move to authoritarianism in the United States. Bernie is very blunt, he calls for Republicans to stop using the word freedom. The smarter Republicans see what is going on, the Trump era will be over soon enough and whilst nobody knows if the Democrats will win back the White House at the next election, they will eventually regain power at some stage. Trump will be well and truly gone, but the aftermath he leaves behind will haunt them for some time.

The long-term Republicans know that the new media landscape brought about by Trump’s short-term thinking will affect their chances to communicate with the people in the future as restrictions may be placed on them. Freedom of speech is under attack in the United States, what Trump supporters are not seeing is how it will affect them in the future, they just see what is happening right now. When they finally work it out, they will be concerned as it will probably backfire on them spectacularly.

So good on Bernie, he sees the attacks on the United States constitution and he is calling it out in real time. He sees the rise of authoritarianism in the United States, the misuse and abuse of Presidential powers. The attempts to dismantle the judicial arm of the government to push through an agenda that should be debated and ratified in the Congress, Bernie is old, he has seen many eras in US politics and this rise in authoritarianism is worrying him the most.